Graduate Diploma in Global Competition and Consumer Law (GD-GCCLAW)

The Graduate Diploma in Global Competition and Consumer Law is a highly innovative and advanced international course that responds to the proliferation of competition and consumer policies and laws, and their increasingly active enforcement, around the world. Competition and consumer policy and law are a crucial means of driving economic growth, higher living standards and productivity at national and global levels.

This course provides interdisciplinary knowledge and skills through subjects that grapple with the legal, regulatory, economic, political, institutional and ethical facets of competition and consumer policy, law and enforcement. The course focuses substantively on the policies, laws and enforcement experiences of the major jurisdictions in this field, the United States and European Union, but also draws on other jurisdictions - from the Asia Pacific region particularly. Subjects are taught by leading experts, each bringing outstanding pedagogical skills, substantive knowledge and practical skill and experience to instruction in the course.

Using sophisticated interactive technology, facilitating close rich engagement with world-renown experts and a diverse network of peers, the course provides students with advanced specialised expertise and skills to tackle the complex challenges raised by the design and application of competition systems. It is designed for professionals in the private and public sectors who are aspiring to build or advance a career in this field.

The Graduate Diploma in Global Competition and Consumer Law requires completion of four subjects (50 credit points in total). Students who complete the Graduate Diploma have the option of transferring to the LLM (Global Competition and Consumer Law), for law graduates, or Master of Global Competition and Consumer Law, for non-law graduates, which will involve completion of a further four subjects (50 points). Credit will be given towards these masters degrees for the four subjects completed in the Graduate Diploma.

As most students in this course will be full-time professionals, enrolment is being offered on a part-time basis only initially, requiring students to complete one subject per eight week term, over an academic year of four terms. The course will typically be completed therefore in one year.

All subjects are undertaken online providing students with flexibility in where and when they study, while at the same time offering regular opportunities for interaction with their peers and teachers, including in real-time virtual classroom settings.

Students enrolled in the on-campus Graduate Diploma in Competition and Consumer Law in the Melbourne Law Masters program are able to enrol in up to wo subjects in the online program for credit towards their online diploma.